Braille

Braille with Raised Line Drawings, Contracted 

Students may:  

• test with the digital exam using a refreshable braille display or screen reader; or  
• test using the braille paper exam.  

Note: Braille exams will be available for students with an approved accommodation who are unable to test using a computer. A student must be approved for both a braille accommodation and a paper testing accommodation for the AP coordinator to be able to order a braille format of a digital exam subject. 

Raised Line Drawings (formerly “braille graphs and figures”) 

Students may: 

• test with the digital exam using a screen reader with or without a refreshable braille display; or 
• test using the braille paper exam, either with or without a human reader. 

Note: 

• Raised line drawing supplements are not available with digital exams. 
• If a student needs to take a digital exam using a screen reader, their SSD coordinator should submit the request for this accommodation in SSD Online by January 24, 2025. If the request must be made after January 24 due to a change in a student’s accommodations status, contact the College Board SSD office as soon as possible.  

Braille Writer 

For a digital AP Exam, braille writing software should be used. If a student uses a manual braille writer and/or does not have access to braille writing software, they can: 

• test using a digital exam using voice recognition (speech-to-text) software; 
• test using a digital exam and dictate their responses to a writer/scribe; or 
• test using a braille paper exam with the manual braille writer.